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<td class="v">3:1</td>
<td>My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:</td>
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<td class="v">3:2</td>
<td>For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.</td>
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<td class="v">3:3</td>
<td>Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:</td>
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<td class="v">3:4</td>
<td>So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.</td>
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<td class="v">3:5</td>
<td>Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.</td>
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<td class="v">3:6</td>
<td>In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.</td>
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<td class="v">3:7</td>
<td>Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.</td>
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<td class="v">3:8</td>
<td>It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.</td>
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<td class="v">3:9</td>
<td>Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:</td>
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<td class="v">3:10</td>
<td>So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.</td>
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<td class="v">3:11</td>
<td>My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:</td>
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<td class="v">3:12</td>
<td>For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.</td>
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<td class="v">3:13</td>
<td>Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.</td>
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<td class="v">3:14</td>
<td>For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.</td>
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<td class="v">3:15</td>
<td>She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.</td>
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<td class="v">3:16</td>
<td>Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.</td>
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<td class="v">3:17</td>
<td>Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.</td>
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<td class="v">3:18</td>
<td>She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.</td>
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<td class="v">3:19</td>
<td>The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.</td>
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<td class="v">3:20</td>
<td>By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.</td>
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<td class="v">3:21</td>
<td>My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:</td>
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<td class="v">3:22</td>
<td>So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.</td>
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<td class="v">3:23</td>
<td>Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.</td>
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<td class="v">3:24</td>
<td>When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.</td>
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<td class="v">3:25</td>
<td>Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.</td>
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<td class="v">3:26</td>
<td>For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.</td>
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<td class="v">3:27</td>
<td>Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.</td>
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<td class="v">3:28</td>
<td>Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.</td>
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<td class="v">3:29</td>
<td>Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.</td>
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<td class="v">3:30</td>
<td>Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.</td>
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<td class="v">3:31</td>
<td>Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.</td>
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<td class="v">3:32</td>
<td>For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.</td>
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<td class="v">3:33</td>
<td>The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.</td>
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<td class="v">3:34</td>
<td>Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.</td>
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<td class="v">3:35</td>
<td>The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.</td>
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